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Maple Ave Quarry

Producer in Saratoga county in New York, United States with commodities Dolomite, Quartz
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111272
MRDS ID W033570
Record type Site
Current site name Maple Ave Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.77733, 43.09415 (WGS84)
Elevation 98
Relative position .45 MILES N40W OF BM 263 IN SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saratoga(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saratoga Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Saratoga

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MAPLE AVE GOING NORTH AT THE NORTHERN MOST LIMIT OF SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary
Quartz Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Tribes Hill
    Rock description Tribes Hill
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) Beekmantown Group
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 5 SE
    Thickness 6.71M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUSHING, H.P., AND RUEDEMANN, RUDOLF, 1914, GEOLOGY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS AND VICINITY: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 169, P. 150-151, MAP.

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T. AND GRAHAM, J.A. 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 389, 390, 392

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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